An applicant sought a rezoning at 464 Ovington Avenue in Bay Ridge on July 16 to change an R3X Special Bay Ridge District to R6A and to map Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) to enable an eight-story residential building of roughly 36,000 square feet with about 40 apartments (about 10 income-restricted), and 18 parking spaces. The team said unit sizes would range from roughly 400-square-foot studios up to two-bedrooms of 900'1,200 square feet.

Community Board 10 voted to disapprove the R6A mapping and recommended the applicant explore R6D or other districts that would reduce height to approximately 75 feet (R6D) and reduce FAR (R6D imposes a lower FAR), noting the blockd character: a mix of 3- to 6-story buildings, several schools on or near the block and a tightly configured street. CB10 and several residents said the proposed eight-story building
nd its bulk were incompatible with the immediate block and would create traffic and parking pressure near multiple schools.

Residents and cooperative board members also raised concerns about construction impacts, light and air to existing buildings, higher local rents from increased density and insufficient family-sized affordable units. The applicant said they had met with CB10 multiple times and that lowering to an R6D would cut the proposed FAR and eliminate roughly 9
12 units (including affordable units), affecting financial feasibility. The applicant said the proposal had received letters of support from some neighbors and local businesses.

The borough president hearing included multiple local speakers: CB10 istrict manager presented the disapproval motion; residents and board members described the block as a historic low-rise corridor with multiple nearby schools and said the R6A height would set an unwelcome precedent. No formal rezoning decision was made at the hearing; the borough president will forward a recommendation to the City Planning Commission under ULURP. Written comment was invited through July 18, 2025.